Control for hydrodynamic machines



Nov. 7, 1939. WIEDMANN CONTROL FOR HYDRODYNAMIC MACHINES Filed April 9, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 \K MMWM INVENTOR. ERNST VVIEDMANN Nov. 7, 1939.

E. V-JIEDMANN CONTROL FOR HYDRODYNAMIC MACHINES Filed April 9, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 w A TTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 7, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

Ernst Wiedmann, Milwaukee, Wis., assignor to The Oilgear Company, Milwaukee, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application April 9, 1938, Serial 0. 201,120

23 Claims.

This invention relates to controls for hydrodynamic machines of the types employed to translate rotary mechanical motion into a flow of fiuid or vice versa.

The control to which the invention relates in particular is employed to vary the displacement of a hydrodynamic machine in response to a variation in pressure of the motive fluid, such as the pump control shown in Patent 2,080,810.

A rotary hydrodynamic machine will function as a motor when supplied with liquid under pressure and its torque will vary in accordance with variations in motor displacement or liquid pressure. If a rotary motor were supplied with liquid at a uniform rate and it were provided with a pressure responsive control which would vary motor displacement directly in proportion to variations in pressure, the motor would drive its load at a speed which wou d vary inversely to variations in the magnitude of the load so that the power output of the motor would be uniform if the motor had no internal losses.

However, all hydraulic motors have internal losses, and these losses are greater in proportion to the torque at small motor displacements than at greater motor displacements. Consequently, the pressure responsive controls heretofore provided are not capable of maintaining the power output of a hydrau ic motor substantially constant.

The control shown in Patent 2,080,810 permits the pump towhich it is applied to deliver liquid at a predetermined rate until pump pressure reaches a predetermined maximum and then the control reduces pump displacement until the pump is delivering just sufiicient liquid to maintain that maximum pressure substantially constant. The control operates very eiiiciently and is capable of maintaining the predetermined maximum pressure within close limits unless pump pressure is increased beyond the predetermined maximum substantially instantaneously, as by the instantaneous stalling of the motor driven by the pump, in which case the displacement varying member of the pump is moved so rapidly that it is carried by its inertia beyond the point at which it should stop to enable the pump to deliver liquid at the rate required to maintain the maximum pressure constant. While the displacement varying member is ordinarily moved only a few thousandths of an inch beyond the point at which it shoud stop, this slight additional movement causes a slight momentary drop in pump pressure before the control can retract the displacement varying member to the proper position.

The present invention has as an object to provide a control which will maintain the power output of a hydraulic motor substantially constant.

Another object is to provide a control which when applied to a pump will respond to a predetermined maximum pump pressure and reduce pump displacement until the pump is delivering just sufiicient liquid to maintain that maximum pressure substantially constant regardless of how rapidly pump pressure is increased.

Another object is to provide a control of the above character which is positive and precise in operation.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the description hereinafter given of controls in which the invention is embodied.

According to the invention in its general aspect and as ordinarily embodied in practice, a hydrodynamic machine is provided with means for varying its displacement, means for effecting operation of the displacement varying means in response to the fluid pressure in the machine varying above and below a given value, and means operable in response to operation of the displacement varying means for changing the pressure valueat which operation of the displacement vary-' ing means is efiected.

The invention is exemplified by the controls shown schematically in the accompanying draw-= ings in which the views are as follows:

Fig. 1 is a view showing a rotary hydraulic motor provided with a control in which the invention is embodied.

Fig.2 is a diagram of a hydraulic transmission which includes a motor of the type shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view showing a pump provided with a control in which the invention is embodied.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing a modification of the invention.

For the purpose of illustration, the invention 4 has been shown as being employed to control hydrodynamic machines of the rolling piston type but it is to be understood that the invention may as readily be employed to control other types of hydrodynamic machines.

Figs. 1 and 2 ranged radially in a cylinder barrel 2 which r0- 66 tates upon a valve shaft or pintle 3through which liquid flows to and from the cylinders. Pintle 3 is arranged within and rigidly secured in a stationary position by a closed casing 4 which encloses the mechanism of the machine.

The outer ends of the pistons react against an annular reaction surface 5 which has been shown as being formed'in a displacement varying member or slide block 6 but which in practice is formed in a separate thrust member arranged within slide block 6 and rotatably supported thereby.

' Slide block 6 is shiftable transversely of pintle 3 to vary the displacement of the machine but is restrained by casing 4 from movement in any other direction. The displacement of the machine increases as slide block 6 is shifted to move the axis of reaction surface 5 away from the axis of cylinder barrel 2, the displacement being zero when the two axes coincide. I

Slide block 6 is adapted to be moved toward the left or in a direction to increase motor displacement by a piston 1 which is connected to ferred to above.

slide block 6 and fitted in a stationary cylinder 8 to which liquid is supplied under the control oi mechanism to be presently described.

Slide block 6 is constantly urged toward the right or in a direction to decrease the motor displacement by a piston 9 which is connected to slide block 6 and fitted in a stationary cylinder It to which liquid is supplied at a constant pressur by a gear pump ll. 1

For the purpose of illustration, gear pump it has been shown as an independent pump which draws liquid from a reservoir I2 and discharges it into a channel I3 to which cylinder I6 is connected by a channel I l. Gear pump 1 I discharges liquid at a rate in excess of requirements and all excess liquid is exhausted through. a relief valve I5 which is connected to channel I3 and which causes gear pump i I to maintain a constant pressure in cylinder to.

In practice however, a hydrodynamic machine which is to function as a pump is ordinarily provided with an auxiliary gear pump which is driven in unison therewith and arranged within the casing thereof as shown in Patent 1,998,984 re- If the hydrodynamic machine to be controlled is to function as a pump, gear pump H is ordinarily arranged in the casing thereof but, if it is to function as a motor, gear pump it is ordinarily arranged within the casing of the pump which energizes it.

Machine I has been shown in Fig. 2 as being.

employed as a motor to drive a winding shaft 26 to which it is connected in any suitable manner as by means of a chain drive 2!.

Liquid for energizing machine I is supplied thereto by pump 22 which is driven in any suitable manner as by means of a drive 23. Pump 22 delivers liquid to machine I through a pressure channel 24 and has liquid returned to it from the machine I through a return channel 25 to which gear pump discharge channel I3 is connected to enable gear pump II to supercharge pump 22 and make up leakage losses according to the usual practice. Except when being started, stopped, or adjusted for a different speed, pump 22 is driven at a substantially constant speed and delivers liquid to a machine I at a substantially uniform rate.

Winding shaft 20 when rotated is adapted to essing' machine (not shown) at a substantially speed and exert a low torque when roll 21 is small and its speed must progressively decrease and its torque must progressively increase as roll 21 progressively increases in diameter in order to maratsain a substantially uniform tension upon we Since the speed and torque of a rotary hy-- draulic motor are proportional to motor displacement if the motor is energized by liquid supplied thereto at a uniform rate and at a uniform pressure, it follows that the displacement of machine I must be progressively increased as roll 21 progressively increases in diameter.

The displacement of the machine is increased by liquid which enters cylinder 8 and causes piston 1 to move slide block 6 toward the left, and it is decreased by permitting liquid to escape from cylinder 8 so that the liquid which gear pump II constantly tends to deliver to cylinder It can cause piston 9 to move slide block 3 toward the right. v

In practice, liquid for operating servo-motor 1-8 is at times supplied by gear pump I I. At other times and as shown in the drawing, liquid for operating servo-motor 18 is supplied by the machine itself if the machine functions as a pump or by the pump which energizes the machine if the machine functions as a motor. In either case, the flow of liquid to and from cylinder 8 is under the control of a valve which is at all times subjected to the pressure prevailing in the machine being controlled.

The flow of liquid to and from cylinder 8 is under the control of mechanism arranged within a control casing 33 which is connected to cylinder 8 by a channel BI and which is ordinarily attached to or formed integral with the casing of the machine being controlled.

As shown, control casing 30 has a bore 32 and a counterbore 33 formed therein concentric with each other. Bore 32 is connected to pressure channel 24 by a channel 34 and has formed in the wall thereof an annular port 35 through which liquid may flow from channel 34 to cylinder 8 as will presently appear, and counterbore 33 has formed in the wall thereof an annular port 36 through which liquid may escape from cylinder 8 into a drain channel 31 as will presently appear.

Channel 3| is connected through a check valve 38, and oppositely opening resistance valve 39 and a choke 40 to a channel 4| which communicates with counterbore 33 at apoint spaced above port 36. Channel 3| is also connected to the lower end of counterbore 33 by a channel 42 which is connected intermediate its ends to port 35 by a channel 43.

-'I'he arrangement is such that, when port 35 is opened and port 36 is closed, liquid from pressure channel 24 may'fiow through channel 34, port 35, and channels 43, 42, and 3| to cylinder 8 and cause-piston 1 to move slide block 6 in a direction to increase the displacement of motor I and, when port 35 is closed and port 36 is opened, the liquid delivered to cylinder I0 by gear pump II will cause piston 9 to move slide block 6 in the opposite direction and cause piston 1 to eject liquid from cylinder 8 through channel 3|, resistance valve 39, channel 4 I, counterbore 33 and port 36 into drain channel 31.

The flow of liquid to and from cylinder 8 is controlled by a control valve-which consists of a valve member 48 and a piston 49 formed integral with each other. Valve member 48 is closely fitted in bore 32 to control the flow of liquid from channel 34 into port 35,- and piston 49 is fitted in counterbore 33 to control the flow of liquid from counterbore 33 into drain port 36, the

upper edge of piston 49 ordinarily having formed therein a plurality of small tapered grooves or slots 50 which throttl the flow from counterbore 33 into drain port 36.

The vertical distance between the lower end of valve member 48 and the bottoms of slots 58 is ordinarily equal to the vertical distance between the lower edge of port 35 and the upper edge of port 36rso that, when the control valve has been raised until the bottom of valve member 48 is even with the bottom edge of port 35, the bottoms of slots 58 will be even with the upper edge of port 36. Then, a very slight movement of'the control valve in either direction will open either port 35 to high pressure channel 24 or counterbore 33 to drain channel 31.

The rate at which liquid may fiow from port 35 into channel 42 is controlled by a choke 5| which is arranged in channel 43 to restrict the flow therethrough, and the flow of liquid from channel 43 to cylinder 8 is restricted by throttle valve 52 arranged in channel 42.

In addition to controlling the flow of liquid to and from cylinder 8, control valve 48-49 also controls the operation of a high pressure relief valve which protects the machine from excessive pressures. As shown, casing 38 has a bore 55 and a counterbore 56 formed therein concentric with each other, and a relief valve 51 is closely fitted in bore 55 and fixed to a piston 58 which is fitted in counterbore 56;

The lower end of counterbore 56 is connected to port 35 by a channel 59 which has a choke 68 arranged therein. The lower end of bore 55 opens into a chamber 6| which is connected by a channel 62 to channel 59 at a point between port 35 and choke 68.

Chamber 6| has a valve seat 63 formed in the bottom wall thereof around the end of a drain channel 64 through which liquid may escape from chamber 6| when valve 51 is raised. Drain channel 64 is also connected to counterbore 56 near the upper end thereof to permit liquid to escape therefrom when piston 58 is raised and also for the reason that drain channel 31 has been shown connected to counterbore 56.

Valve 51 is urged downward against valve seat 63 by a helical compression spring 65 arranged in counterbore 56 between piston 58 and a block 66 which is fastened to casing 38 and closes the upper end of counterbore 56.

When control valve 4849 is raised so that port 35 is open to channel 34, pressure will extend through channel 59 to the lower end of counterbore 56 and tend to move piston 58 and relief valve 51 upward to open port 6| to drain channel ,64' but piston 58 will not move upward until the pressure in the lower end of counterbore 56 is sufiicient to overcome the resistance of spring 65. Consequently, the pressure required to raise relief valve 51 will always be a predetermined amount higher than the pressure required to raise control valve 4849. The arrangement is such that adjusting the mechanism to cause the control valve to respond to a higher or lower pressure will simultaneously cause the relief valve to resure.

Since pressure channel 24 is connected by channel 34 to the lower end of bore 32, the lower end of valve member 48 is exposed at all times to the pressure prevailing in channel 24. Consequently, the control valve is constantly urged upward, or in a direction to open port 35 and to close port 36, by a force proportional to the pressure prevailing in channel 24..

The control valve is urged downward, or in a direction to close port 35 and to open port 36, by two separate forces one of which remains constant after being regulated and the other of which is varied in response to movement of slide block 6.

As shown, both of these forces are transmitted to piston 49 through a rod 18 which is arranged in counterbore 33 and has an enlarged head formed upon its lower end and in contact with the upper end of piston 49. The upper end of rod 18 extends through and is closely fitted in a bushing 1| which is closely fitted in counterbore 33 and closes the upper end thereof.

One of the forces for urging the control valve downward is provided by a helical compression spring 12 which encircles rod 10 and has its upper end in contact with bushing 1| and its lower end in contact with a suitable spring retainer arranged upon rod 10 and in contact with the head thereof.

Upward movement of bushing 1| under the infiuence of spring 12 is prevented by a cylinder 13 which is fitted in a bore 14 formed in block 66 concentric with counterbore 33. The upper end of bore 14 is closed by a cap 15 which is fastened to the top of block 66 and has an adjusting screw 16-threaded therethrough into contact with the head of cylinder 13. By turning screw 16, cylinder 13 and bushing 1| may be moved downward or permitted to move upward to thereby vary the Y tension of spring 12 with the resultant variation in the force required to raise the control valve.

The other force for urging the control valve downward is transmitted thereto through rod 10 by means of a piston 11 which is fitted in cylinder 13 and engages the upper end of rod 10.

Liquid for energizing piston 11 is supplied to cylinder 13 by gear pump As shown, gear pump discharge channel I3 is connected to return channel 25 so that gear pump I may main- 'tain in channel 25 a pressure equal to the pressure required to open relief valve |5. Channel 25 is connected to a channel 18 by a channel 19 having a choke 88 arranged therein to limit the flow therethrough to a very limited rate. Channel 18 has one of its ends connected to a relief valve 8| and its other end extending through the wall of bore 14 and communicating with the interior of cylinder 13 through a port 82 formed in the side wall thereof. In order that port 82 may remain in communication with channel 18 when cylinder 13 is raised or lowered 'toadjust the tension of spring 12, port 82 communicates with a wide g'roove 83 formed in the outer peripheral surface of cylinder 13.

As shown, relief valve 8| has its casing 84 attached to casing 4 of the machine and provided with an inlet 85 which is controlled by a valve member 86 and to which channel 18 is connected. A spring 81 urges valve member 86 toward inlet 85 and reacts against a valve stem 88 which extends through the side Wall of casing 4 into contact with slide block 6 and has-formed therein a channel 89 through which liquid may flow from casing 84 into casing 4, it being understood that casing 4 is drained according to the usual prac-- tice by means of a suitable drain channel not shown.

The arrangement is such that liquid delivered by gear pump ll into channel 18 escapes through 5 relief valve 8| the resistance of which enables gear pump II to maintain in channel 18 and in cylinder I3 a pressure which causes piston 11 to urge control valve 48-49 downward with a force proportional to the resistance of relief valve ll. 10 Any liquid escaping past piston 11 and past the upper end of cylinder 13 is drained into counterbore 58 through drain channels 98 and DI. When slide'block 8 is moved toward the right to increase the displacement of the machine, it 15 will move valve stem 88 toward the right and cause it to compress spring 81 so that a higher pressure will be required to open relief valve 8| and-when slide block 8 is moved toward the left to decrease the displacement of the machine, it as will permit spring 8? to expand so that relief valve 88 may be opened'by a lower pressure. It is to be understood that the pressure required to open relief-valve i5 is higher than the greatest pressure required to open relief valve 8!.

' 2% Operation Since placing relief valve 5? under the control of valve it-d9 and the use of resistance valve 39, throttle valve 52 and chokes, it and El to obtain smooth and accurate operation of the control mechanism are features of an invention made by another, a detailed explanation thereof will not be given herein. It is deemed sufiicient to' state that choke 5i limits the rate at which thedisplacement of motor 9 may be increased, that the drop 'in pressure across throttle valve 52 assists in operating valve 48-49, and that resistance valve 39 prevents valve 88-59 from hunting.

When the load is removed from motor l, the pressure in channels 24 and 34 willdrop to a low value and spring 12 will move control valve 48-68 downward to open counterbore 33 to drain port 88 so that liquid can escape from cylinder 8 as I a previously explained. 7

Then liquid from gear pump il will flow through channels l3 and id to cylinder i8 and cause piston 8 to moveslide block 5 toward the right to the position shown in Fig. 1 at which time so the displacement of motor I has been reduced to a predetermined minimumv and further movement of slide block 6 has been arrested as by means of a stop 92.

Assuming that motor i is at a minimum stroke, 55 that pump 22 has just started to deliver liquid to motor I, that a web of paper 26 is being delivered to winding shaft 218 at a uniform rate, V and that shaft 28 has wound paper previously delivered into a semi-finished roll 21, the ap- 9 paratus will function as follows:

Motor I being at minimum stroke will at first tend to rotate shaft at a rate greater than the rate required to wind web 28 thereon as it is delivered thereto. Consequently, motor i will tend to exert upon web 26 a tension greater than the desired tension as determined by the adjustments of spring 12- and relief valve8l.

The motor torque required to produce this tension will cause pressure to rise in channel 24, and this pressure will extend through channel 34 to the lower end of bore 32 and raise valve "48-49. Liquidwill then flow from channel 24 through channel 34, bore 32, port 35 and chan- -5 nels 48, 42 and}! to cylinder 8 and cause piston I to move slide block 8 toward the left to increase the displacement of motor i.

Since pump 22 delivers liquid to motor Int a uniform rate, increasing the displacement of motor I' will decrease the speed at which it tends to operate. Piston I will'continue to move slide block 8 toward the left until motor I is driving shaft 28 at the correct speed and is maintaining upon web-2. a tension proportional to the combined forces exerted upon control valve 48-48 by m spring," and piston 11 at which time the control valve will descend until the lower end of valve member 48 is in alinement with the lower edge of port 38 and the bottoms of slots 50 are in alinement with the upper edge of port 88 so that 15 the liquid in cylinder 8 is trapped therein and prevents movement of slide block 6 as long as the control valve remains in this position. The force exerted by the motive liquid upon the lower end of valve member 68' and the com- 20 bined forces exerted by spring 72 and piston H upon piston (is will. cause control valve til-t9- to float in a balanced condition as long as the tension of web 26 remains constant 'but a very slight variation in this tension with a resultant 25 slight variation in the pressure of the motive liquid will cause valve dii-dt'to move slightly in one direction or the other and permit a minute volume of liquid to flow to or escape from cylinder 8 and thereby cause a minute movement 80 valve 8|, the force exerted by the liquid upon the lower end of valve member 48 raises valve 68-89 so that the displacement of motor I is 45 progressively increased with the result that motor 9 has its speed progressively decreased and its torque progressively increased as roll 21 progressively increases in diameter, thereby enabling the apparatus to maintain a substantially uniform 80 tension upon web 26 and to wind it into a roll of substantially uniform density.

Since a rotary hydraulic motor has greater internal losses relative to its power output when at short stroke than when at long stroke, motor 56 i would be unable to maintain a uniform tension upon web 26 if control valve 48-49 were urged downward by a substantially constant force, such as being urged downward solely by a spring.

The present invention however provides a con- 60 trol in which the magnitude of the downward force exerted upon the control valve is determined by relief valve 8I which is adjusted in response to movement of slide block 6 to there i by very this downward force inversely but not in proportion to variations in the stroke of the motor. The control thus enables motor I to have sufficientstarting torque and to maintain a sub-' stantially uniform tension upon web 26.

Fig. 3

The control has been shown in this figure applied to a hydrodynamic machine I which is exactly the same as machine shown in Fig. 1 except that it is adapted to function as a pump. Consequently, like parts of the two machines have been indicated by like reference numerals and no further description thereof will be given; It is deemed suflicient to state that pump "discharges into pressure channel 24 and has liquid returned to it through return channel 25 to which gear pump discharge channel I3 is connected.

Since machine I is to function as a puinp, re-

lief valve 8I is connected to the left end of casing 4 and has its inlet connected to bore I4 in block 66 by a channel 18- which corresponds to channel I8 and to which return channel 25 is connected by a channel I9 which corresponds to channel 19 and has a choke 80 arranged therein.

As ordinarily employed, a pump provided with a pressure responsive control delivers liquid at a predetermined volumetric rate to a hydraulic motor until the load on the motor causes pump pressure to reach a predetermined maximum and then the control reduces pump displacement until the pump is delivering just sufiicient liquid to maintain that maximum pressure constant. That is, the pump delivers just suflicient liquid to make up for leakage losses at that maximum pressure.

If pump pressure does not rise too suddenly,

- 7 pump displacement may be reduced to the proper value by a control in which the control valve is urged downward by a single substantially constant force, such as the'force exerted upon valve 48-49 by spring I2.

However, if the motor should suddenly stall and cause pump pressure to suddenly exceed a predetermined maximum, the displacement varying member of the pump would be moved toward its zero displacement position so rapidlythat it would not stop until after it had passed the position which it must occupy to enable the pump to deliver sufficient liquid to make up for leakage losses. Consequently, pump pressure would drop below the predetermined maximum and then the control would move the displacement varying member in the opposite direction until the pump was delivering just suflicient liquid to maintain the predetermined maximum pressure constant. In' other words, the displacement varying member or slide block would tend to hunt if pump predetermined deliver liquid at a predetermined rate until pump pressure reaches the-value determined by the tension of spring I2 and the initial resistance of relief valve 8|. Then valve 4849 will rise and permit liquid to enter cylinder 8 and move slide block 6 toward the left to reduce pump displacement until slide block 6 engages valve stem 88 and moves it toward the left. Stem 88 will increase the tension of spring 81 and thereby in: crease the force exerted upon valve l849 by piston 11 so that a slightly greater pump pressure is required to hold up valve 48-49 and to eifect further movement of slide block 6. This results in slide block 6 being momentarily retarded so that it will not overrun the position at which pump I will deliver suiiicient liquid to make up for the leakage losses at the. maximum pressure.

While the final maximum pump pressure is greater than the pressure at which the pump starts to unload, the difference between those two pressures is so slight as to be of no importance in actual practice.

Fig. 4

indicated by like reference numerals and no further description thereof will be given.

As shown, the tension of spring I2 is adjusted by means of shims arranged between bushing II and a cover plate 96 which are attached to the top of casing 30. Spring I2 exerts a sub-' stantially constant downward forceupon control valve 4849 as previously explained.. A variable downward force is also exerted thereon by a helical compression spring 91 arranged above cover plate 96 in contact with the upper end of a rod 10 which extends through cover plate 96 into contact with piston 49 and corresponds to'the rod 10 shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

. Spring 91 is arranged. between the upper end of rod I0 and an adjusting screw 98 fixed in the horizontal arm of a bell crank lever 99 which is pivoted at the junction of its arms upon a bracket I00 arranged upon the top of casing 30. The other arm of lever 99 extends downward .and is engaged by a stop screw IOI which is carried by bracket I00 and limits the upward movement of the horizontal arm of lever 99. A pin I02 is fixed in the lower end of the depending arm of lever 99 and arranged in a slot I03 formed in one end of a rod I04 the other end of which is fastened to slide block 6.

The arrangement is such that pump I will deliver liquid at a predetermined rate until pump pressure reaches the value determined by the tension of spring I2 and the initial tension of spring 91. Then valve 48-49 will rise and cause slide block 6 to move toward the left to reduce pump displacement as previously explained.

Slide block 6 will move rod I04 with it and, when pump displacement has been reduced to a predetermined minimum, the end of slot I03 will engage pin I02 and swing bell crank lever 99 to increasethe tension of spring 91, thereby increasing the downward force exerted upon control valve 4849 and preventing slide block 6 from overrunning the position at which pump I will deliver sufiicient liquid to make up for the leak agelosses at the maximum pressure as previously explained.

The invention herein set forth is susceptible of various modifications and adaptations without departing from the scope thereof as hereafter claimed.

The invention is hereby claimed as follows:

1. The combination, with a hydrodynamic machine having means ior varying its displacement, of means for effecting operation of said displacement varying means in response to the fluid pressure in said machine varying above br below a given value, and means operable only in responseto said displacement varying means reducing the displacement of said machine below a predetermined minimum for changing the pressure value at which operation of said displacement varying means is effected.

2. The combination, with a hydrodynamic z'naa. In a hydrodynamic machine having a high.

pressure port, a low pressure port, a member shiftable in one direction or the other to increase or decrease the displacement of said machine and hydraulic means for causingsaid' member to be shifted, the combination of means for supplying motive liquid tosaid hydraulic means including a valve movablein one direction or the other to effect operation of said hydraulic means and thereby cause said member to be shifted in one direction or the other, said valve being at all times urged in one direction by a force proportional to the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port, means for urging said valve in the opposite direction with a force which tends to balance the first mentioned force whereby a variation in the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port will unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be moved in one direction or the other, and means operable only in response to said displacement varying member reducing the displacement :of said machine below a predetermined minimum for varying the force which urges said valve in said opposite direction.

4. In a hydrodynamic machine having a high pressure port, a low pressure port, amember shiftable in one direction or the other in a given range to increase or decrease the displacement of said machine and hydraulic means for causing said member to be shifted, the combination of means for supplying motive liquid to said hydraulic means including a valve movable in one direction or the other to effect operation of said hydraulic means and thereby cause said member to be shifted in one direction or the other, said valve being at all times urged in one direction by a force proportional to the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port, means for urging said valve in the opposite direction with a force which tends to balance the first mentioned force whereby a variation in the pressure pre= vailing at said high pressure port will unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be moved in one direction or the other, and means operable in response to movement of said displacement varying member in a given part only of its range for varying the force which urges said valve in said opposite direction.

5. In a hydrodynamic machine having a high pressure port, a low pressure port, a member shiftable in one direction or the other to increase or decrease the displacement of said machine and hydraulic means'for causing said member to be shifted, the combination of means for supplying motive liquid to said hydraulic means including a valve movable .in one direction or the other to effect operation of said hydraulic means and thereby cause said member to be shifted in one direction or the other, said valve being at all times urged in one direction by'a force propormeans coacting to urge said valve in the opposite direction with a force which tends to balance the first mentioned force whereby a variation in the pressure prevailing at said high pressure portwill unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be movedin one direction or the other, means means in response to movement of saiddisplacement varying member.

6. ma hydrodynamic machine having a high pressureport, a low pressure port, a member shiftable in one direction or the other to in.-v vcrease or decrease'the displacement of said Inachine and hydraulic means for causing said member to be shifted, the combination of means for supplying motive liquid to said hydraulic means including a valve movable in one direction or the other to effect operation of said hydraulic means and thereby cause said member to be shifted in one direction or the other, said valve being at all times urged in one direction by a force proportional to the. pressure prevailing at said high pressure port, spring means and fluid pressure means coacting to urge said valve in the opposite direction with a force which tends -to balance the first mentioned force whereby a variation in the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port will unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be moved in one direction or theother, means for limiting the pressure in said fluid pressure means, and means for adjusting said pressure limiting means in response to movement of said displacement varying member.

7. In a hydrodynamic machine having a high pressure port, a low pressure port, -a member shiftable in one direction or the other to increase or decrease the displacement of said machine and hydraulic means for causing said member to be shifted, the combination of means for supplying motive liquid to said hydraulic means including a valve movable in one direction or the other to eflect operation of said hydraulic means and thereby cause said member to be shifted in one direction or the other, said valve being at all times urged in one direction by a force proportional to the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port, spring means and fluid pressure means coacting. to urge said valve in the opposite direction with a force which tends to balance the first mentioned force whereby a variation in the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port willunbalance saidforces and cause said valve to be inoved in one direction or the other, means for supplying liquid. at a limited rate to said fluid pressure means to energize the same, a relief valve for permitting liquid to escape from said fluid pressure means,

and means-responsive to movement of said dis-.

chine and hydraulic means for causing saidmember to be shifted, the combination of means for supplying motive liquid to said hydraulic means including a valve movable in one direction or the other to effect operation of said hydraulic means and thereby cause said member iii) to be shifted in one direction or the other, said valve beingv at all times urged in one direction by a force proportional to the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port, spring means and fluid pressure means coacting to urge said valve in the opposite direction with a force-which tends to balance the first mentioned force whereby a variation in the pressure prevailing at said high ,pressure port will unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be moved in one direction or the other, an auxiliary pump, fluid channels connecting said fluid pressure means to said pump and having a choke connected therein to cause said pump to deliver liquid at a limited rate to said fluid pressure means, a relief valve for limiting the pressure in said fluid pressure means, and means for adjusting said relief valve in response to movement of said displacement varying member.

9. In a hydrodynamic machine having a high pressure port, a low pressure port, a member shiftable in one direction or the other to increase or decrease the displacement of said machine and hydraulic means for causing said member to be shifted, the combination of means for supplying motive liquid to said hydraulic means including a valve movable in one direction or the other to effect operation of said hydraulic means and thereby cause said member to be shifted in one direction or the other, said valve being at all times urged in one direction by a force proportional to the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port, means for exerting a substantially constant force upon said valve in the opposite direction, means for exerting an additional force upon said valve in said opposite direction, the sum of said last mentioned forces tending to balance said first mentioned force whereby a variation in the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port will unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be moved in one direction or the other, and means for varying said additional force in response to movement of said displacement varying member.

10. In a hydrodynamic machine having a high pressure port, a low pressure port, a member shiftable in a given range in one direction or the other to increase or decrease the displacement of said machine and hydraulic means for causing said member to be shifted, the combination of means for supplying motive liquid to said hydraulic means including a valve movable in one direction or the other to effect operation of said hydraulic means and thereby cause said member to be shifted in one direction or the other, said valve being at all times urged in one direction by a force proportional to the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port, means for exerting a substantially constant force upon said valve in the opposite direction, means for exerting an additional force upon said valve in said opposite direction, the sum of said last mentioned forces tending to balance said first mentioned force whereby a variation in the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port will unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be moved in one direction or the other, and means for varying said additional force in response to movement of said displacement varying member in a given part only of said range.

11. In a hydrodynamic machine having a high pressure port, a low pressure port, a member shiftable in one direction or the other to increase or decrease the displacement of said machine and hydraulic means for causing said member to be shifted, the combination of means for supplying motive liquid to said hydraulic means including a valve movable in one direction or the portional to the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port, means for exerting a substantially constant force upon said valve in the opposite direction, a cylinder arranged in a stationary position, a piston fitted in said cylinder, means for transmitting force from said piston to said valve in said opposite direction, means for supplying liquid under pressure to said cylinder to enable said piston to transmit force to said valve, the sum of said last mentioned forces tending to balance said first mentioned force whereby a variation in the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port will unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be moved in one direction or the other, and means operable in response to movement of said displacement varying member for varying the pressure in said cylinder. I

12. In a hydrodynamic machine having a high pressure port, a low pressure port, a member shiftable in one direction or the other to increase or decrease the displacement of said machine and hydraulic means for causing said member to be shifted, the combination of means for supplying motive liquid to said hydraulic means including a valve movable in one direction or the other to effect operation of said hydraulic means and thereby cause said member to be shifted in one direction or theother, said valve being at all times urged in one direction by a force proportional to the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port, means for exerting a substantially constant force upon said valve in the opposite direction, a cylinder arranged in a sta-.

tionary position, a piston fitted in said cylinder, means for transmitting force from said piston to said valve in said opposite direction, means for supplying liquid under pressure to said cylinder to enable said piston to transmit force to said valve, the sum of said last mentioned forces tending to balance said first mentioned force whereby a variation in the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port will unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be moved in one direction or the other, means for limiting the pressure in said cylinder, and means operable in response to movement of said displacement varying member for adjusting said last named means to thereby vary the pressure in said cylinder.

13. In a hydrodynamic machine having a high pressure port, a low pressure port, a member shiftable in one direction or the other to increase or decrease the displacement of said machine and hydraulic means for causing said member to be shifted, the combination of means for supplying motive liquid to said hydraulic means including a valve movable in one direction or the other to effect operation of said hydraulic means and thereby cause said member tobe shifted in.

one direction or the other, said valve being at all times urged in one direction by a force proportional to the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port, spring means for exerting a substantially constant force upon said valve in the opposite direction,'means for adjusting the tension of said spring means, a cylinder arranged in a stationary position, a piston fitted in said cylinder, means for transmitting force from said piston to said valve in said opposite direction, means for supplying liquid under pressure to said cylinder to enable said piston to transmit force to said valve, the sum of said last mentioned forces tending to balance said first mentioned force whereby a variation in the pressure prevailing at said high pressure port will unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be movedin one direction or the other, and means operable in response to movement of said displacement varying member for varying the pressure in said cyl-,

1o inder.

14. The combination, with a rotary hydraulic motor supplied with motive fluid from a suitable source and having a displacement varying memper constantly urged in a direction to decrease motor displacement, a servo-motor for moving said member in a direction to increase motor displacement, and means for supplying liquid to said servo-motor to operate the same, of a valve for controlling the flow of liquid to and from said servo-motor and being at all times subjected to the pressure of said motive liquid and urged thereby in a direction to direct liquid to said servo-motor, means for urging said valve in the opposite direction with a force which tends to balance the force exerted upon said valve by said motive liquid whereby a variation in the pressure .of said motive liquid will unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be moved'in' one direction or the other, and means operable in response to said displacement varying member reducing motor displacement below a predetermined minimum for varying the force which urges said valve in said opposite direction.

15. The combination, with a rotary hydraulic motor suppliedwith motive fluid from a suitable source and having a displacement varying member constantly urged in a direction to decrease motor displacement, a servo-motor for moving said member in a direction to increase motor displacement, and means for supplying liquid to said servo-motor to operate the same, of a valve for controlling the flow of liquid to and from said servo-motor and being at all times subjected to the pressure of said motive liquid and urged thereby in a direction to direct liquid to said servomotor, means for exerting a substantially constant force upon said valve in the opposite direction, means for exerting an additional force upon said valve in said opposite direction, the sum of said forces tending to balance the force exerted upon said valve by said-motive liquid whereby a variation in the pressure of said motive liquid will unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be moved in one direction or the other, and means operable in response to movement of said displacement varying member for varying said additional force. f- 16. The combination, with a rotary hydraulic motor supplied with motive fluid from a suitable source and having a displacement varying member movable through a givenrange and constantly urgedin a direction to'decrease motor displacement, a servo-motor for moving said member in a direction to increase motor displacement, and means for supplying liquid to said servomotor to operate the same, of a valve for controlling the flow of liquid to and from said servomotor andbeing at all times subjectedto the pressure of said motive liquid and urged thereby in a direction to direct liquid to said servomotor, means for urging said valve in the opposite direction with a force which tends to balance the force exerted upon said valve by said motive liquid whereby a variation in th pressure of said motive liquid will unbalance said forces 'a,-1ve,ov1

- and cause said valve to be moved in one direction or the other, and means operable in response ber through a given part only of its range for varying the force which urges said valve in said opposite direction.

17. The combination, with a rotary hydraulic motor supplied with'motive fluid from a suitable source and having a displacement varying member movable through a given range and constantly urgedgin a direction to decrease motor displacement, a servo-motor for moving said member in a direction to increase motor displacement, and means for supplying liquid to said servomotor to operate the same, of a valve for controlling the ilow of liquid to and from said servomotor and being at all times subjected to the pressure of said motive liquid and urged thereby in a direction to direct liquid to said servo-motor, means for exerting a substantially constant force upon said valve in the opposite direction, means for exerting an additional force upon said valve in said opposite direction, the sum of said forces tending to balance the force exerted upon said valve by said motive liquid whereby a. variation in the pressure of said motive liquid will unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be moved in one direction or the other, and means operable'in response to movement of said 'displacement varying member through a given part only of its range for varying said additional force.

18. The combination, with a rotary hydraulic motor supplied with motive fluid from a suitable source and having a displacement varying member constantly urged in a direction to decrease motor displacement, a servo-motor for moving said member in a direction to increase motor erting'an additional force upon said valve in said 1 opposite direction, the sum of said forces tending to balance the force exerted upon said valve by said motive liquid whereby a variation in the pressure of said motive liquid will unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be moved in one direction or the other, and means operable in response to movement of said displacement varying member for varying the force exerted upon said valve by said fluid pressure means.

I 19. The combination, with a rotary hydraulic motor supplied with motive fluid from a suitable source and having a displacement varying member constantly urged in a direction to decrease motor displacement, a servo-motor for movingsaid member ina direction toincrease motor displacement, and means for supplying liquid to said servo-motor to operate the same, of a valve for controlling the flow of liquid to and from said servo-motor and being at all times subjected to the pressure of said motive liquid and urged thereby in a direction to direct liquid to said motive liquid whereby a variation in the pressure of said motive liquid will unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be moved in one direction or the other, an auxiliary pump, fluid channels connecting said fluid pressure means to said pump and having a choke connected therein to cause said pump to deliver liquid at a limited rate to said fluid pressure means, a relief valve for limiting the pressure in said fluid 1o pressure means, and means for adjusting said relief valve in response to movement of said displacement varying member.

20. The combination, with a rotary hydraulic motor supplied with motive fluid from a suitable source and having a displacement varying member constantly urged in a direction to decreas motor displacement, a servo-motor for moving said member in a direction to increase motor displacement, and means for supplying liquid to 29 said servo-motor to operate the same, or a valve for controlling the flow of liquid to and from said servo-motor and being at all times subjected to the pressure of said motive liquid and urged thereby in a direction to direct liquid to said servo-motor, means for exerting a substantially constant force upon said valve in the opposite direction, a cylinder arranged in a stationary position, a piston fltted in said cylinder, means for transmitting force irom said piston to said valve in said opposite direction, means for supplying liquid under pressure to said cylinder to enable said piston to transmit force to said valve, the sum of said last mentioned forces tending to balance the force exerted upon said valve by said a; motive liquid whereby a variation in the pressure of said motive liquid will unbalance said forces and cause said valve to be moved in one direction or the other, means for limiting the pressure in said cylinder, and means operable in 40 response to movement of said displacement varying member for adjusting said last named ggans to thereby vary the pressure in said cyler. 21. In a pump having a member movable 45 through a given range and shiitable in opposite directions to vary pump displacement between zero and maximum, means for urging said member toward maximum displacement position, a servo-motor for moving said member toward zero 50 displacement position and means for supplying liquid to said servo-motor, the combination of a valve tor controlling the flow of liquid to and from said servo-motor and being at all times subjected to pump pressure and urged thereby in a direction to direct liquid to said servo-motor,

means for urging said valvein the opposite direction with a force which tends to balance the force exerted upon said valve by pump pressure whereby a variation in pump pressure will unbalance said valve and cause it to be moved in one direction or the other, and means operable in response to movement of said member only in that part of its range adjacent its zero displacement position for increasing the force which-J urges said valve in said opposite direction.

22. In a pump having a member movable through a given range and shiftable in opposite directions to vary pump displacement betweenfl zero and maximum, means for urging said member toward maximum displacement position, a m servo-motor for moving said member toward zero displacement position and means for supplying liquid to said servo-motor, the combination 02: a valve for controlling the flow of liquid to and from said servo-motor and being at all times 5 subjected to pump pressure and urged therebyin a direction to direct liquid to said servo-motor, means for exerting a substantially constant force upon said valve in the opposite direction, means for exerting an additional force upon 20 said valve in said opposite direction, the sum of said last mentioned forces tending to balancethe force exerted upon said valve by pump pressure whereby a variation in pump pressure will unbalance said valve and cause it to be moved in one 25 toward zero displacement position and means for Q supplying liquid to said servo-motor, the combination of a valve tor controlling the flow of liquid to and from said servo-motor and being at all times subjected to pump pressure and" urged thereby in a direction to direct liquid to said servo-motor, means for exerting a substantially constant force upon said valve in the opposite direction, a cylinder arranged in a stationary position, a piston fitted in said cylinder, means for transmitting force from said piston to said valve in said opposite direction, means for supplying liquid under pressure to said cylinder to enable said piston to transmit force to said valve, the sum of said last mentioned forces tending to balance the force exerted upon said valve by pump pressure whereby a variation in pump pressure will unbalance said valve and cause it to be moved in one direction or the other, means for limiting the pressure in said cylinder, and means operable in response to said member apu proaching its zero displacement position for adjusting the last mentioned means to thereby increase the pressure in said cylinder.

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